II

Quiet

2011-08-23T16:33:00.002+05:30

Enjoy a moment of silence
where the world seems still
and yet, it's only you who is
for the vehicles rush by
and the crowds move too
the whistles blow
and the conversations foolish and wise.

Your heart seems loud
your ears so sharp
now the moment fades
you come alive
join the sound
until again found.

B says

2010-10-31T19:50:00.002+05:30

"Tumhare saat kuch nahi hota hai,You are like a statue in the living room."
and then adds "busy trying to grow hair (haha)."

Just as tough

2010-10-18T14:36:00.000+05:30

Letting go, as holding it together.

Waiting

2010-10-16T23:54:00.000+05:30

I sit here and wait
for the train is late
I'll be back home very soon
before the sun goes down and up comes the moon

Why walk

2010-10-16T23:34:00.001+05:30

The longer route is good when travelling with the right company, the shorter when one wants to get to it.

Punching a few buttons

2010-10-16T10:45:00.001+05:30

So close though far... far though so close.

After some time

2010-09-26T18:30:00.001+05:30

The gang becomes larger
but the numbers become smaller...

Trip

2010-09-26T08:58:00.002+05:30

To market, To market
To buy some fresh fish
Am cooking, Am cooking
Today’s special, a main course dish

I look and inspect, touch and smell
Buy the best there is to sell
That’s when it happened, I slipped and fell,
Yeah, i know, you you can tell.

Home again, home again
I'm smelling and in pain.

So we remember

2010-09-24T08:57:00.006+05:30

Whats the story
Morning glory?
I don't know..Something in my toe
...
Something in your toe?
lets go to Uncle Joe
No no, lets not do so,
Cos he is a bore
...
His wife is a whore
ok... You stay out of the door...

...

23:09:10
Pre-Midnight Rhymes, not all mine.

Despite things said and done...

2010-09-24T08:56:00.000+05:30

there is so much love in the world... it's amazing.

Box

2010-09-22T09:51:00.001+05:30

Is one's exclusive or includes others?

When

2010-09-22T09:38:00.007+05:30

It's never too late to
...stop
...listen
...explore
...discover
...move on
...get going
...start over
...to accept.

Maybe it does matter

2010-09-02T22:50:00.003+05:30

At the end of the day,
whether, while the sun is shinning one makes hay
or simply gathers a tan.

Broken

2010-09-02T22:47:00.001+05:30

I fall and i err
I make mistakes
sometimes life seems like a blur
getting up is all it takes
so stand up again
and yes yet again
I slip and I fall
and it's him that i hear
his call, his voice
"Don't worry, don't shed a tear"

30:07:10::11:55

For Good

2010-08-27T13:10:00.004+05:30

There are things one believes in
sometimes for decades
but the universe sees otherwise, and says ...
one gets not always what one wants
one can't always do only what one likes
accept the plan
play along
and discover what can be
when the crown is lowered
and the harderned left aside
to soften
to be worked on by the elements
to change.

Objects in the mirror

2010-08-16T11:43:00.002+05:30

Dimag ki batti

2010-08-16T11:37:00.002+05:30

14th March 2010, at Byculla, outside Bhau Daji Laud Museum

The next shop said..

2010-08-16T11:33:00.004+05:30

Dog in a bowl

2010-08-16T11:27:00.003+05:30

Looked in a bowl of beads
and what did i see
a yellow naughty dog
barking back at me!

Freedom

2010-08-16T10:56:00.003+05:30

The joy it brings
wind though the rings...
the spinning circles
A thousand miracles

The yellows, pinks and blues
Sunlight creating beautiful hues
a pleasant sight on an ordinary day
brighting the morning and the walkway.

Graffitree

2010-08-16T10:53:00.003+05:30

20 June 2010, Yeshwantgad Fort, Maharashtra.

To egypt?

2010-08-16T10:47:00.002+05:30

8th May 2010, at Santa Cruz station.

With the onset of the rains

2010-08-16T10:23:00.003+05:30

13th june 2010

I love the large wild mushrooms that sprout around. This one more than 15cms in dia.

Turning green are we?

2010-08-16T10:16:00.003+05:30

Clicked outside Santa Cruz Station, Mumbai.

We've changed they say. Camouflaged?

Responsibility

2010-07-13T18:34:00.000+05:30

There lies more than life lines in one's hands.

Lesson

2010-07-13T18:33:00.000+05:30

Tomorrow never comes
but troublesome today becomes
If things left for tomorrow
when they can be done today.

12:07:10::9:55

The Plunge

2010-07-13T18:32:00.000+05:30

Whether jumping off a cliff is smart or stupid depends on where and how one lands.

Though Awake

2010-07-03T15:02:00.004+05:30

Walking down the same path
seeing the same things
hearing the same sounds
touching the same surfaces
smelling the same smells
feeling... not much new...

Taking forgranted
the everyday
the suppsedly mundane
the regular
the 'part of back ground'
the normal...

...it's like one is asleep until woken up
to reality.

29:06:10

Late

2010-07-03T14:40:00.007+05:30

better than never,
this post should be dated 19th June,

Happy Birthday :)

How long should a gift last?
a moment
a minute
an hour
a day
a week
a fortnight
a month
a quarter
a year

Maybe it doesnt matter...

Socks

2010-05-20T09:57:00.003+05:30

Time

2010-04-30T10:45:00.002+05:30

In a life that just seems to fly by, I wonder why we wish, sometimes, that time should pass quickly or that it seems to have slowed.

Morning chatter

2010-04-30T10:40:00.003+05:30

The run is to come to the same place, in the morning to work in the evening to get back home.

...

We can't tell god to give us all the happiness. that is not possible.
Sadness will be there, magar dukhi nahi reh saktai hai. We must stay smiling.
We can't bring our troubles to work.

-the cleaner at office, in a mood to talk.

Maalaa Gone

2010-04-26T11:03:00.002+05:30

Oh! How i miss my beads
of turned wood and seeds,
Hoping a friend was right
Removed them, change me they might.
Said they held back, didnt let me be
Or allow to do and possibilities see.

Well nothing changed,no feeling no thought,
Only more disoriented I got,
I wish i hadn't had them thrown,
atleast again, they could be worn.
But alas! they've gone, two years now
I let it happen... I don't know how!

13:05::24:04:2010

Skipping

2010-04-26T11:00:00.005+05:30

Yawnn

2010-04-26T11:00:00.004+05:30

Waiting

2010-04-26T11:00:00.003+05:30

Side 2 side

2010-04-26T10:59:00.000+05:30

I am

2010-04-26T10:58:00.000+05:30

Also matters

2010-04-26T10:53:00.001+05:30

Suits and doesn’t.

2010-04-20T16:01:00.000+05:30

Just because it is, doesn’t mean it should be.
Just because it should be doesn’t mean it is.

Esp. when it comes to technology

2010-04-12T21:14:00.001+05:30

Morning has broken

2010-04-07T01:08:00.001+05:30

Staring at the night sky

The stars became sparrows

The silence broke into light

The sweeper, the pressure cooker

The alarm clock

The birds chirping though in the cage

Have their song, it can’t be taken away

So make it new, enjoy the day

05:03:10:: 8:40

The difference felt

2010-04-07T01:02:00.000+05:30

Subtle or maybe in the mind

Was one of a kind

Something not with all to find

Can I have it again, time rewind?

14:02:10

On it goes

2010-04-07T01:00:00.000+05:30

The squeaking fan

Silence around

Look inside

no one… nothing around

a thousand thoughts

sqeezing to get through

passesngers on the second class coach

routine, nothing new

the crowds they rush

in a moment all gone

a bubble burst

another born

open the palm

skin old and dry

look away

give it another try

24:02:10 ::22:05

14th Feb 2010

2010-04-07T00:57:00.003+05:30

Of love and hearts

2:30pm

S called to wish. S messaged. I made just one call that was received with laughter and a ‘I don’t believe you called to wish’. Well I said that to S too and he was like “is that a standard line you use every year?”.

“Umm, did I say that to you last year too?”

I support the ‘save the frog’ campaign. Without frogs, what will happen to the princess at the well?

What’s real in fairy tales needs to be preserved.

on the 14th of Feb P asked me to write on Mohobat ka mahina, the above is all I managed and today posted :) or should I : (

Choice

2010-04-07T00:57:00.001+05:30

Stay out ... live in

Where were we?

2010-03-12T11:19:00.000+05:30

Random

2010-03-12T11:17:00.001+05:30

feet

2010-03-12T11:16:00.003+05:30

Mobile

2010-03-12T11:16:00.001+05:30

Kunch bot daakoita?

2010-01-23T11:07:00.002+05:30

Numb

2010-01-22T18:21:00.003+05:30

The woman whose husband suddenly passed away
lay on the floor, eyes shut...
Others got the rituals organized
shed tears
discussed the future of the young girls, the daughters
But she didn't
she just lay, until the tasks were complete
the tears dried off
Was it defense or was it the inability you cope?

Poster in Train

2010-01-22T18:17:00.002+05:30

One call can change your life
that's what it said
for a personal loan
with no documents
"Paise hum denge"

Taking the call
that changes life
& then...
to stand up to it
to live by it
to make it beautiful
to ensure youth
to continue life
to march on
to dream and see beyond
to celebrate,
laugh, cry, talk and share
comes only if one can dare.

05.01.10, 9:25am

Decide

2010-01-22T18:15:00.000+05:30

To right or to be right
To wrong or be right

21.01.10

Black

2010-01-22T18:14:00.004+05:30

When searching in the dark
One can "look" with eyes shut.

18.01.10

Dreams

2010-01-22T18:11:00.001+05:30

Even the Blind can see them...

Praveen, wants to make a career in films/ acting. So people will remember "ek andha bhi acting karta tha!"

16.01.10, 9:37

Gone

2010-01-22T18:09:00.001+05:30

Right now time is ticking
the auto is going to leave
Are you going to leave with it?
while making the decision
time couldn't wait
well, neither the auto...

10:52pm, 16.01.10

Fall

2010-01-22T18:05:00.002+05:30

A crack can cause more pain than a break

12.01

Muse um

2010-01-12T17:51:00.005+05:30

The Chatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sangrahalay (if it's spelt right or pronounced and its complex name rememberd!)by any other name, the Prince of Wales Museum would still be, by far, the best I've seen. Well maintained and beautifully displayed.

Year end

2009-12-30T16:23:00.003+05:30

This time around, no looking back.

Can it really do that?

2009-12-26T14:11:00.001+05:30

Spread

2009-12-26T11:56:00.002+05:30

Passing by again

2009-12-26T11:19:00.003+05:30

Change the bunch of papers
Throw away the sheets of numbers
Flip another twelve
and repeat again like last..

Come rain or shine

2009-11-14T13:47:00.003+05:30

Girls in Mumbai walk about in flipflops! How do they do it?

It's easy to find a cobbler in the city that doesn't walk but runs.

Spell hell

2009-10-08T21:18:00.002+05:30

With a pen in hand, while taking notes, the letters went 'snale' overwritten to snail and in a while 'roap', big eyes made and changed to rope.

The power of the red corrugated line and the right click has made the keyboard and mouse mightier than the pen. And the sword, well its quite outdated.

In less than 30 seconds

2009-09-27T08:36:00.005+05:30

Get off at an unknown station... make your own mistakes... Be more.

The corner office, the VIP lounge, Reclaim your life.

Three little ducks

2009-09-13T12:50:00.001+05:30

All with time grew
I watchd them all the while
And yet i found there remained just two
So I looked around and realised
that one had gone away, disguised!

Highway stop

2009-09-06T10:11:00.005+05:30

23rd Aug 2009

Why does one put on weight

2009-08-24T19:41:00.002+05:30

N explains it, "I believe in positive growth, not negative." :)

Just a coincidence

2009-08-15T14:33:00.008+05:30

The flag and base at AIR, Panaji.

The vegetables randomly cut were lined as if deliberately, to form the flag on a day like today! The excitment on noticing had it clicked:)!

Follow

2009-08-13T20:13:00.001+05:30

Meme- unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation.

Crossing paths

2009-08-11T20:26:00.002+05:30

Everyone we meet has a lesson or an insight to share. It may take even a decade for the lesson to be put forth but it will, completing yet another no-beginning-no-ending circle of education, enlightenment or inspiration.

Canvas

2009-08-08T17:28:00.011+05:30

Walls, especially outdoors, left to the creativity of nature and time create interesting backdrops.

Kissing trucks

2009-08-08T17:06:00.005+05:30

Like a curtain these trucks enclosed the space. Was running late so badly captured and now managed a skewed stich :(

In one's hand

2009-08-02T12:34:00.000+05:30

The world is so big and yet so small!

The Orchestra

2009-07-30T22:51:00.002+05:30

Performing solo requires courage and skill but as the soloist with accompanists or when more than one, it is more essential to hear, be honest, adjust and finally produce harmony which respecting and maintaining the distinction of each contributing other.

Awareness

2009-07-30T22:48:00.002+05:30

Education destroys spontaneity, it creates parameters and guidelines and in someways removes the seriousness of fun.

Money

2009-07-28T22:29:00.001+05:30

Interestingly is a guilt reliever.

Unwrap

2009-07-27T23:28:00.003+05:30

Everyday can be your birthday if you open up gifts.

Circles

2009-07-26T11:05:00.002+05:30

We run because we want to escape and escape because we run.

Reflection

2009-07-26T11:03:00.000+05:30

When man does what he can, God does what he cannot.

To fly

2009-07-24T22:20:00.003+05:30

One doesnt need wings, sometimes just wind.

The Universe

2009-07-23T22:38:00.002+05:30

It's all been written. Or maybe sketch mapped!

Tring

2009-07-23T22:28:00.005+05:30

There's the call and there's the missed call and one knows the difference.

Why we die

2009-07-21T22:58:00.002+05:30

to finish homework
to finish school
to finish college
to finish work
to get married
to have kids
for the kids to grow up
for whatever else

all, only to live...
and only realise we havent, when we truly are dying.

:)

2009-07-20T22:06:00.002+05:30

The darnest things keep one laughing and smiling long after its be said or seen or felt.

MJ says

2009-07-19T09:28:00.003+05:30

The amazing thing is that we have the ability to make everyday the precious day that is the sabbath.And we do this by rededicating ourselves to the wonders of childhood.

The best way i can imagine to show my thanks is to make the very most of the gift that God gave me.

(First appeared on beliefnet, Dec 2000, tittled: My childhood, My sabbath, My freedom)
Source: Herald, 19th july 2009, Sharing a day with God)

Late last night

2009-07-18T09:55:00.002+05:30

Driving home, i saw a tired fisherwoman sitting by the bridge, waiting for a customer, at an hour when not too many drive by, let alone stop to enquire or purchase. I truly admire people who sell. It takes more than just talent.

Oxymoron??

2009-07-18T09:49:00.000+05:30

Talk to shut up...

Tenacity

2009-07-16T21:52:00.001+05:30

Somethings come easy, for everything else there is discipline.

Pizza by heart

2009-07-15T22:16:00.001+05:30

What does an insomniac do but catch movies on TV? Even frequent power cuts wouldn't ditter from viewing the credits.

Wet wet wet

2009-07-14T22:30:00.005+05:30

Thoughts in my head, not clear yet, seem like the rain on ink written pages before I can get then in order, the words merge into each other and flow way. They have something to do with the sounds of the rain like pitter patter or bhigi bhigi or goshgoshean. One can almost hear what each word is conveying just by virtue of being.

I watch the road ahead of me, and allow the rain drops to get the view from the windshield completely distorted until the wiper on slowest speed comes and clears it. The uncertainly of what could lay ahead as I drive sometimes almost like a bind mouse has a charm that I know comes with risks and that's probably what makes this little exercise even more enjoyable...

I didn't know

2009-07-13T23:00:00.001+05:30

Four colours doesnt mean literally 4 colours.It means colourful!

Absolutely

2009-07-12T10:46:00.000+05:30

Nothing is absolute but the relative.

Heard a song

2009-07-10T21:17:00.005+05:30

Randomly stumbled on this song in a video today, called 'Listen with your heart' I think its by Casey Donovan, words are somthing like

when you cant find your way throu the night..
.. nothigns feeling right...
you dont know which road to choose
thats when you've got to
listen with your heart
listen to your soul
inside youll find the answer to the place you need to go
...
no matter where you are
just listen cos your heart will lead you home

Don't know if it's a new or old song... enjoyed it.

WOW is WWW

2009-07-08T21:36:00.003+05:30

The expanse and the possibilities of the internet never fail to amaze me.
- the new google wave.. How do those people think like that?
- the amount of information availble on anything under and around the sun
- the ability to find people who one would have lost complete touch with otherwise.
- the sharing or ideas, the expression of personal views, the posting of ones creations
- the selling and buying
- the virtual avatars and mmogs
- etc etc unlimited!!!

Life without the internet... would be difficult.

Ask Questions

2009-07-06T22:22:00.003+05:30

Trying to resolve a doubt in the space of one's own mind most often only results in a waste of time. Sometimes the answers are avaiable but one wouldn't know that unless the question is asked no matter how insignificant it may seem.

Sounds i Hear

2009-07-05T08:57:00.002+05:30

The broom on the bathroom floor as it gets cleaned
A bus, in 1st gear, dragging on the road
chirp chirp of some bird
pitter patter by the window
Anothe bus zooming past
A scooter too
Coughing
The television
Vessels being kept into place in the kirchen
The mixer

I've heard that there is one moment everyday when all the universe is silent, Have not experienced it yet... but wish I someday am able to.

Typed on sunday 5th July 2009, morning.

TGiF

2009-07-04T11:41:00.001+05:30

Life I believe happens on WEEKENDS!!

(Post for yesterday, Friday 3rd July 2009)

Bonding

2009-07-02T22:20:00.004+05:30

There are many instances that encourage one to forge bonds with people, some that coem to my mind right now
- over cigarette breaks
- over chai
- while taking the same route.. travelling everyday or even long journeys
- goin through similar experiences
- being fans of some one or something
- being the odd ones out therefore...
- roomates
- partners in a task/ project
- or sharing a the desk and bench in school
- blogging :)